| Meeting Evolution Enhances Meeting and Event Approval Process |
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Overland Park, KS – Meeting Evolution, the hospitality industry’s most comprehensive hotel sourcing and data management software has enhanced the meeting and event approval process. This includes the ability to define multiple meeting approvers, set approval criteria, track collaboration during the approval process and create a high level meeting approval summary for management review. “Achieving pre-approval for a meeting or event before procuring a hotel or venue is critical to ensure meeting policies are being followed and to comply with Strategic Meeting Management Program (SMMP) guidelines,” stated Rob Wilson, MCSE, President of Meeting Evolution. “Our technology allows management to define business policy through a configuration interface that incorporates who can approve meetings and events, specific guidelines based on size, minimum budgeted dollar amount, compliance criteria and a budget template to insure consistency. An overview of meeting and event dates, number of attendees, location, history and budget summary is produced to obtain the approval needed to start the sourcing process,” Wilson added. The meeting and event approval process is one of the cornerstones of Global Business Travel Association’s (GBTA) Strategic Meeting Management Program, which was launched as a “value and accountability” business model in 2004. “Meeting Evolution provides the flexibility every organization needs to define their meeting and event policies, approval criteria, ensure financial integrity and consistency.” Wilson concluded. About Meeting Evolution Meeting Evolution was founded in 2008 and based in Overland Park, Kansas. The architects behind Meeting Evolution software are Rob Wilson, MCSE, formerly Technology Manager at Honeywell Corporation and Jennifer W. Brown, CMP, formerly Director of Meeting Services at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Meeting Evolution is the hospitality industry’s most comprehensive hotel sourcing and data management software available in the Meeting and Events Industry today. Meeting Evolution key components include master meeting calendar, meeting / event approval process, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) module, 100,000+ global hotel / supplier database, supports 170 currencies converted (updated daily), detailed e-proposals of availability exported to Excel, side-by-side budgets and first option meeting space holds, 24/7 access to all current and past meeting activity including comprehensive financial data and hierarchy reporting, cost savings / risk reduction / cost containment reports and supplier contract workflow management. For further information contact: Rob Wilson, MCSE, President |
